{"title":"Annie Dillard","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnnie Dillard \u003c\/strong\u003eis the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePilgrim at Tinker Creek, An American Childhood, The Writing Life, The Living\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Maytrees\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. She is a member of the Academy of Arts and Letters and has received fellowship grants from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"watch-for-the-light-readings-for-advent-and-christmas","title":"Watch for the Light: Readings for Advent and Christmas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThough Christians the world over\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e make yearly preparations for Lent, there's a conspicuous lack of good books for that other great spiritual season: Advent. All the same, this four-week period leading up to Christmas is making a comeback as growing numbers reject shopping-mall frenzy and examine the deeper meaning of the season.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEcumenical in scope,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ethese fifty devotions invite the reader to contemplate the great themes of Christmas and the significance that the coming of Jesus has for each of us - not only during Advent, but every day. Whether dipped into at leisure or used on a daily basis, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWatch for the Light\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e gives the phrase \"holiday preparations\" new depth and meaning.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIncludes writings by\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt, Sylvia Plath, J. B. Phillips, Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster, Henri Nouwen, Bernard of Clairvaux, Kathleen Norris, Meister Eckhart, St. Thomas Aquinas, Karl Rahner, Isaac Penington, Madeleine L'Engle, Alfred Delp, Loretta Ross-Gotta, William Stringfellow, J. Heinrich Arnold, Edith Stein, Philip Britts, Jane Kenyon, John Howard Yoder, Emmy Arnold, Karl Barth, Oscar Romero, William Willimon, Johann Christoph Arnold, Gail Godwin, Leonardo Boff, G. M. Hopkins, Evelyn Underhill, Dorothy Day, Brennan Manning, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Romano Guardini, Annie Dillard, Martin Luther, St. John Chrysostom, Giovanni Papini, Dorothee Soelle, C. S. Lewis, Gustavo Gutiérrez, Philip Yancey, J. T. Clement, Thomas Merton, Eberhard Arnold, Ernesto Cardenal, T. S. Eliot, John Donne, Gian Carlo Menotti and Jürgen Moltmann.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eIt's hard to go wrong\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewith 40 essays and poems from theological writers such as Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Dorothy Day, Madeleine L'Engle, Martin Luther, Kathleen Norris, Henri Nouwen, Philip Yancey, Karl Barth and Síren Kierkegaard. These are not frivolous, feel-good Advent readings; they are deep, sometimes jarring reflections, many with a strong orientation toward social justice... This collection, born of obvious passion and graced with superb writing, is a welcome even necessary addition to the glutted holiday bookshelves.--\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThis stunning collection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eof some of the best spiritual writers of all time comes from Plough, the exceptionally thoughtful, high-quality publishing house founded by a simple-living community. What a delight to have seasonal readings from theological voices like Jürgen Moltmann, mystics like Bernard of Clairvaux, poets -- from Sylvia Plath to T.S. Eliot to Jane Kenyon -- contemplatives such as Henri Nouwen, and storytelling writers like the late Brennan Manning.--\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eHearts and Minds Books\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTABLE OF CONTENTS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eChristoph Friedrich Blumhardt:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eAction in Waiting\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSylvia Plath:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eBlack Rook in Rainy Weather\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJ. B. Phillips:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eThe Dangers of Advent\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFriedrich Wilhelm Foerster:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eMeditation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHenri Nouwen:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eWaiting for God\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBernard of Clairvaux:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eIn Defense of Humility\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKathleen Norris:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eAnnunciation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMeister Eckhart:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eWhere God Enters\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSt. Thomas Aquinas \/ Karl Rahner:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eThe Divine Dawning\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIsaac Penington:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eConcerning the Light\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMadeleine L'Engle:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eA Sky Full of Children\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlfred Delp:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eThe Shaking Reality of Advent\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLoretta Ross-Gotta:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eTo be Virgin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWilliam Stringfellow:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eThe Penitential Season\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJ. Heinrich Arnold \/ Edith Stein:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eFrom the Stable to the Cross\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhilip Britts:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eYielding to God\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJane Kenyon:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eMosaic of the Nativity\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJohn Howard Yoder:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eThe Original Revolution\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEmmy Arnold:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eChristmas Joy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKarl Barth:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eTo Believe\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eÓscar Romero \/ William Willimon:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eThe God We Hardly Knew\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJohann Christoph Arnold:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eBe Not Afraid\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGail Godwin:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eGenealogy and Grace\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLeonardo Boff:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eThe Man Who Is God\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGerard Manley Hopkins \/ Evelyn Underhill:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eThe Light of the World\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDorothy Day:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eRoom for Christ\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBrennan Manning:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eShipwrecked at the Stable\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDietrich Bonhoeffer:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eThe Coming of Jesus in Our Midst\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRomano Guardini:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eThe Holy Mother\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnnie Dillard:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eBethlehem\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMartin Luther:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eTo\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eYou\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eChrist is Born\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSt. John Chrysostom:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eThe Mystery\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGiovanni Papini:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eOx and Ass\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDorothee Soelle:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eThe Christmas Gospel\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eC. S. Lewis:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eThe Grand Miracle\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGustavo Gutiérrez:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eChrist's History, and Ours\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhilip Yancey:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eThe Visited Planet\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJane Tyson Clement \/ Thomas Merton:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eThe Time of No Room\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEberhard Arnold:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eWhen the Time Was Fulfilled\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSøren Kierkegaard:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eOnly a Rumor\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eErnesto Cardinal:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eThe Wise Men\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eT. S. Eliot:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eThe Journey of the Magi\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJohn Donne:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eThe Showing Forth of Christ\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGian Carlo Menotti:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eLove Alone\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJürgen Moltmann:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eThe Disarming Child\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Plough Publishing House\" href=\"https:\/\/naturenurture.shop\/collections\/plough-publishing-house\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePlough Publishing House\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePub Date: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeptember 22, 2014\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1.15\" H x 7.66\" L x 5.38\" W\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e344 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"IPS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37681771708602,"sku":"9780874869170","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/products\/watchforthelight.gif?v=1606840094"},{"product_id":"pilgrim-at-tinker-creek-by-annie-dillard","title":"Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard","description":"\u003cp\u003ePilgrim at Tinker Creek is the story of a dramatic year in Virginia's Roanoke Valley. Annie Dillard sets out to see what she can see. What she sees are astonishing incidents of \"beauty tangled in a rapture with violence.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer personal narrative highlights one year's exploration on foot in the Virginia region through which Tinker Creek runs. In the summer, Dillard stalks muskrats in the creek and contemplates wave mechanics; in the fall, she watches a monarch butterfly migration and dreams of Arctic caribou. She tries to con a coot; she collects pond water and examines it under a microscope. She unties a snake skin, witnesses a flood, and plays King of the Meadow with a field of grasshoppers. The result is an exhilarating tale of nature and its seasons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTurtleback Books\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePub Date: \u003cspan\u003eSeptember 10, 2013\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: \u003c\/span\u003e9780061233326\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e0.75\" H x 8.0\" L x 5.45\" W\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e304 Pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Collins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43879962378426,"sku":"9780061233326","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/files\/71AuEKzRuhL._SL1500.jpg?v=1719511445"},{"product_id":"the-maytrees-by-annie-dillard","title":"The Maytrees by Annie Dillard","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Brilliant. . . . A shimmering meditation on the ebb and flow of love.\" --\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"In her elegant, sophisticated prose, Dillard tells a tale of intimacy, loss and extraordinary friendship and maturity against a background of nature in its glorious color and caprice.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Maytrees\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an intelligent, exquisite novel.\" --\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Washington Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToby Maytree first sees Lou Bigelow on her bicycle in postwar Provincetown, Massachusetts. Her laughter and loveliness catch his breath. Maytree is a Provincetown native, an educated poet of thirty. As he courts Lou, just out of college, her stillness draws him. He hides his serious wooing, and idly shows her his poems. In spare, elegant prose, Dillard traces the Maytrees' decades of loving and longing. They live cheaply among the nonconformist artists and writers that the bare tip of Cape Cod attracts. When their son Petie appears, their innocent Bohemian friend Deary helps care for him. But years later it is Deary who causes the town to talk. In this moving novel, Dillard intimately depicts willed bonds of loyalty, friendship, and abiding love. She presents nature's vastness and nearness. Warm and hopeful,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Maytrees\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the surprising capstone of Dillard's original body of work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Packed with superb writing.\" --\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Newsday\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"One of the most distinctive voices in American letters today.\" --\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"In this amazing novel, Dillard has combined her Thoreau-like nature writing with her philisophical\/theological way of looking at the world to create a beautiful story of life and love and ultimately death. . . . This is the kind of novel in which you want to linger over the beauty of each sentence and along with Dillard's characters, contemplate topics like why we love or what are we meant to do with our lives. While the outer story seems so simple, the inner story is incredibly profound.\" --\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCathy Schornstein\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Dillard calls on her erudition as a naturalist and her grace as a poet to create an enthralling story of marriage--particular and universal, larky and monumental.\" --\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly (starred review)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A superbly written novel. . . . The compact, elliptical narrative will continue to pervade the reader's consciousness long after the novel ends.\" --\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eKirkus (starred review)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A rhapsodic novel of our times. . . . In this mythic and transfixing tale, Dillard wryly questions notions of love, exalts in life's metamorphoses, and celebrates goodness. She casts a spell sensuous and metaphysical.\" --\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBooklist (starred review)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Annie Dillard is best known her for lyrical observations on nature and philosophy, and she puts those talents to marevelous use in her new novel The Maytrees, a love story that spans four decades and is set on Cape Cod....Dillard takes the most amazing facts and lays them bare for all to see.\" --\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBookPage\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Dillard, a naturalist at heart, poignantly tracks the relationships between Lou and Toby Maytree across 50 years.\" --\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMore Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnnie Dillard\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePilgrim at Tinker Creek, An American Childhood, The Writing Life, The Living\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Maytrees\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. 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